@ 2014-10-10 5:55 PM (#16834 - in reply to #16833) (#16834) TopPosts: 35
Country : India
mathcrazy posted @ 2014-10-10 5:55 PM
Thanks for clarifying :)
Richard - 2014-10-10 5:37 PM
Not all Pentos are necessarily connected; free floating pentos might occur.
mathcrazy - 2014-10-10 5:34 PM
In Touching Pentominoes, should all Pentominoes be necessarily connected? Or can there be Pentominoes which are not linked at all? In the example given, all Pentominoes are connected through the corners.
In Touching Pentominoes, should all Pentominoes be necessarily connected? Or can there be Pentominoes which are not linked at all? In the example given, all Pentominoes are connected through the corners.
Not all Pentos are necessarily connected; free floating pentos might occur.
@ 2014-10-10 10:22 PM (#16837 - in reply to #16787) (#16837) TopPosts: 191
Country : The Netherlands
Richard posted @ 2014-10-10 10:22 PM
Richard - 2014-10-03 8:05 PM
As always the case when writing a test, I have made a few puzzles more than necessary. The leftovers will be published in the portal of LM Germany in the coming days, following the schedule:
Sunday: Pentopia
Monday: Pentomino Yajilin
Tuesday: - (Sudoku Variants Series-day)
Wednesday: Pentomino Word Search
Thursday: Mini Pento Loops
Friday: Pentapa
By providing these practise puzzles, I hope everyone can have a decent preparation for the test, to enjoy it even more! :)
As always the case when writing a test, I have made a few puzzles more than necessary. The leftovers will be published in the portal of LM Germany in the coming days, following the schedule:
Sunday: Pentopia
Monday: Pentomino Yajilin
Tuesday: - (Sudoku Variants Series-day)
Wednesday: Pentomino Word Search
Thursday: Mini Pento Loops
Friday: Pentapa
By providing these practise puzzles, I hope everyone can have a decent preparation for the test, to enjoy it even more! :)
Meanwhile the last practise puzzle has been posted in the portal of LM Germany. You can find Pentapa here. I hope the practise puzzles have triggered you enough to participate!
I wish all participants good luck and a few fun hours.
@ 2014-10-11 5:34 PM (#16838 - in reply to #16735) (#16838) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-11 5:34 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-11 5:48 PM (#16839 - in reply to #16735) (#16839) TopPosts: 164
Country : Slovakia
greenhorn posted @ 2014-10-11 5:48 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | A bit skewed | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too few puzzles | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
I love monothematic contests and here I found many great puzzles. The best for me was the harder Pento In The Box even though I do not like this puzzle type. Thanks Richard!
@ 2014-10-11 7:48 PM (#16840 - in reply to #16735) (#16840) TopPosts: 241
Country : Indonesia
chaotic_iak posted @ 2014-10-11 7:48 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-11 8:00 PM (#16841 - in reply to #16735) (#16841) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-11 8:00 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-11 9:43 PM (#16842 - in reply to #16735) (#16842) TopPosts: 4
Country : Sweden
carljohan posted @ 2014-10-11 9:43 PM
I just tried the first puzzle of each type out of contest. Really liked these styles :)
@ 2014-10-11 11:36 PM (#16845 - in reply to #16735) (#16845) TopPosts: 170
Country : Germany
rob posted @ 2014-10-11 11:36 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
Thanks, that was fun!
Points per time did vary quite a bit, but that's probably just me sucking at Sum Pentominos...
Edited by rob 2014-10-11 11:38 PM
@ 2014-10-12 2:08 AM (#16846 - in reply to #16735) (#16846) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-12 2:08 AM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-12 9:56 AM (#16847 - in reply to #16735) (#16847) TopPosts: 72
Country : South Korea
Joo M.Y posted @ 2014-10-12 9:56 AM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-12 3:23 PM (#16848 - in reply to #16735) (#16848) TopPosts: 67
Country : France
Puzlifouk posted @ 2014-10-12 3:23 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-12 5:49 PM (#16850 - in reply to #16735) (#16850) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-12 5:49 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-12 6:51 PM (#16851 - in reply to #16735) (#16851) TopPosts: 42
Country : Japan
Yuhei Kusui posted @ 2014-10-12 6:51 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-12 7:40 PM (#16852 - in reply to #16735) (#16852) TopPosts: 139
Country : Estonia
TiiT posted @ 2014-10-12 7:40 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
It was a very nice test. I mean very very nice. Also I overally like pentomino puzzles, so I really enjoyed them. There was right amount of puzzles - I didn't expect to finish anyway, so - it's perfect. Actually I didn't practice too for it, so no big expectations.
There was a small thing with the points distribution, but I take that as my personal opinion and skills - so, also it was nicely done.
And there were some very enjoyable ones too.
Big thanks.
@ 2014-10-12 7:56 PM (#16853 - in reply to #16735) (#16853) TopPosts: 7
Country : Serbia
rimodech posted @ 2014-10-12 7:56 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-12 9:48 PM (#16855 - in reply to #16853) (#16855) TopPosts: 225
Country : Thailand
tamz29 posted @ 2014-10-12 9:48 PM
I can see a lot of work put in to make this happen.
Good to have the practise puzzles before the contest too, you're very productive!
Thanks, Richard.
Good to have the practise puzzles before the contest too, you're very productive!
Thanks, Richard.
@ 2014-10-12 10:58 PM (#16857 - in reply to #16735) (#16857) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-12 10:58 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
Key component of this test being enjoyable was that reflections were always allowed. I hate checking for that. Thanks for the test!
@ 2014-10-13 12:40 AM (#16858 - in reply to #16735) (#16858) TopPosts: 16
Country : United States
anderson posted @ 2014-10-13 12:40 AM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
Lots of great puzzles. Thanks, Richard!
@ 2014-10-13 4:06 PM (#16861 - in reply to #16735) (#16861) TopPosts: 3
Country : South Korea
bubbler posted @ 2014-10-13 4:06 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
I have been a big fan of pentominos since I met the pentomino puzzle at elementary school. Though I could not manage Sums and Loops in time, it was really fun solving those puzzles again - with lots and lots of new types of them!
@ 2014-10-13 5:29 PM (#16862 - in reply to #16735) (#16862) TopPosts: 4
Country : The Netherlands
Eisbaer posted @ 2014-10-13 5:29 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-13 5:34 PM (#16863 - in reply to #16735) (#16863) TopPosts: 542
Country : India
rajeshk posted @ 2014-10-13 5:34 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-13 11:27 PM (#16867 - in reply to #16735) (#16867) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-13 11:27 PM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-14 3:05 AM (#16868 - in reply to #16735) (#16868) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-14 3:05 AM
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | |
| What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Way too many puzzles (too little time) | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
| What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right |
@ 2014-10-14 5:40 AM (#16869 - in reply to #16735) (#16869) TopPosts: 315
Country : The Netherlands
Para posted @ 2014-10-14 5:40 AM
Thanks Richard. That was fun. And I'm not even the last player to do the test (to my own surprise).
@ 2014-10-14 6:40 AM (#16870 - in reply to #16735) (#16870) Top
Country : India
Administrator posted @ 2014-10-14 6:40 AM
The score page does not handle partial points for Word Search (yet). We will be fixing that soon.